Comments on: More on Church Competition (Are you ready for some football?) http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/more-on-church-competition-are-you-ready-for-some-football.html The Blog of Leader, Pastor, and Church Planter Ron Edmondson Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Competitive Nature: Could It Be Used for Good in the Church? @ Ron Edmondson http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/more-on-church-competition-are-you-ready-for-some-football.html#comment-10311 The Competitive Nature: Could It Be Used for Good in the Church? @ Ron Edmondson Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:13:59 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=91#comment-10311 [...] have written about this concept before (read a previous posts HERE and HERE) and I know it creates controversy to talk about, but what if we used that competitive spirit in a [...] [...] have written about this concept before (read a previous posts HERE and HERE) and I know it creates controversy to talk about, but what if we used that competitive spirit in a [...]

]]> By: Renee Garcia http://www.ronedmondson.com/2008/07/more-on-church-competition-are-you-ready-for-some-football.html#comment-171 Renee Garcia Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:07:07 +0000 http://www.ronedmondson.com/?p=91#comment-171 So working on my Churcholympics idea haha, I think it could be very beneficial to get together with other churches and kind of DO a brag session on what works for each church... if nothing more, each church could learn something, or get a new perspective, perhaps on something they have been struggling with... for example, check in process for the kids church or making the parking situation flow more smoothly (not that we've had any problem with parking, I'm just grasping for something! haha). We've been to A LOT of churches in Clarksville (it's sad, really) and it seems like in every church we've seen at least one thing where we left thinking, "Now THAT'S a good idea!" Of course our view is mostly through the eyes of parents with young children. We've also left many churches frustrated and stressed out because they make things more difficult than they need to be. SO it would really be more like a Church fair than Olympics I guess, but I don't think there's anything wrong with putting out what you have to offer, especially if it helps other churches, and then opening it up to EVERYONE to come, especially those who may be church hunting (my LEAST favorite sport). And hopefully those who have been thinking about coming back to church would take an opportunity to stop by too. Can you tell I have this all planned out in my head?! haha I have WAY too much time on my hands! As far as planting NEW churches in Clarksville, I don't know... there are SO many already in SO many different tastes from contemporary to traditional to WAY out there to everywhere in between. I say nourish the churches we have, help them in whatever areas that they need and get the unchurched Clarksville to take notice and find something to draw them in. OK I'm going to stop babbling now. :) So working on my Churcholympics idea haha, I think it could be very beneficial to get together with other churches and kind of DO a brag session on what works for each church… if nothing more, each church could learn something, or get a new perspective, perhaps on something they have been struggling with… for example, check in process for the kids church or making the parking situation flow more smoothly (not that we’ve had any problem with parking, I’m just grasping for something! haha). We’ve been to A LOT of churches in Clarksville (it’s sad, really) and it seems like in every church we’ve seen at least one thing where we left thinking, “Now THAT’S a good idea!” Of course our view is mostly through the eyes of parents with young children. We’ve also left many churches frustrated and stressed out because they make things more difficult than they need to be.
SO it would really be more like a Church fair than Olympics I guess, but I don’t think there’s anything wrong with putting out what you have to offer, especially if it helps other churches, and then opening it up to EVERYONE to come, especially those who may be church hunting (my LEAST favorite sport). And hopefully those who have been thinking about coming back to church would take an opportunity to stop by too. Can you tell I have this all planned out in my head?! haha I have WAY too much time on my hands!

As far as planting NEW churches in Clarksville, I don’t know… there are SO many already in SO many different tastes from contemporary to traditional to WAY out there to everywhere in between. I say nourish the churches we have, help them in whatever areas that they need and get the unchurched Clarksville to take notice and find something to draw them in.

OK I’m going to stop babbling now. :)

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